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Medtronic Ave, Inc.

Michael D Bonneau

Robert D Lashinski

Bradley A Jendersee

A golf putter head has a main body frame that is rear, perimeter and face weighted. A first weighting member weights the main body frame in the front and a second weighting member weights the rear and perimeter of the main body frame providing a dynamically balanced putter. The main body frame has a front region, a top surface with an underside in an upper portion of the main body frame, and a sole with a bridge, in one example, extending out from the sole to the second weighting member. The first weighting member is attached to the front of the main body frame, and the second weighting member is attached to the underside of the main body frame. The main body frame supports various combinations of first and second weighting member weights and main body weights to achieve a dynamically balanced putter.

Rear, perimeter, and face weighted putter support

A golf putter head has a main body frame that is rear, perimeter and face weighted. A first weighting member weights the main body frame in the front and a second weighting member weights the rear and perimeter of the main body frame providing a dynamically balanced putter. The main body frame has a front region and a top surface with an underside in an upper portion of the main body frame. The first weighting member is attached to the front of the main body frame, and the second weighting member is attached to the underside of the main body frame. The main body frame supports various combinations of first and second weighting member weights and main body weights to achieve a dynamically balanced putter.

A golf putter is disclosed having a hosel body, including a hosel arm extending over a top surface of a putter head from a hosel connector region of the top surface, which is above a striking area, the striking area having portions that may or may not include a 'sweet spot' of the club, in vertical elevation and a hosel having a shaft-receiving aperture and an axis extending obliquely to the hosel arm, at which the hosel arm terminates. The hosel arm extends towards one of two lateral extremities on opposite sites of the hosel connector region. The hosel arm suspends the putter head from the hosel connector region above its striking area in vertical elevation, transferring a load to the hosel connector region.

Load transfer arm for putter

A putter head fashioned from a block metal and having a mass relieved lowermost sole with a flat central surface and upwardly angled surfaces on either side of the flat central surface. The flat central surface is transverse to a front face of the club designed for contacting a golf ball. A top surface of the club, opposite the sole, extends further than the lower sole, which can be thin. The forward dimension of the sole of the club may be reduced to only a few millimeters in thickness, while the top surface of the club remains the same, or the sole may be cantilevered rearwardly, with a tongue-like projection.

Golf putter head

A putter head fashioned from a block metal having a conventional face, but having a mass relieved portion behind the face, with greatest mass relief at the sole of the club and a lesser amount of mass relief extending upwardly to the top surface of the club which has conventional dimensions and shape. Since the greatest amount of mass relief is at the bottom of the club, the mass relief is said to be inverted. A pair of inclined ribs behind the central portion of the face add stiffness to the club. The club has a raised center of gravity intended to be in alignment with the center of a golf ball. A plug of heavy metal may be centered on the center of gravity to add stiffness at the zone. Although the club would typically be made out of aluminum or steel, a club, without the plug, could be made of an ultra heavy metal, such as depleted uranium, and be no heavier than a regular club due to the inverted mass relief.

Inverted mass relieved putter

A encapsulated stent device for implantation within the vascular system includes a balloon of a balloon catheter formed around and adhered to a wire-like stent so that the outer surface of the device is more regular for delivery through the vascular system without an exterior sheath. The encapsulation securely anchors the stent to the balloon and maintains a low profile for negotiation of tortuous and narrowed vessels. Encapsulation requires placement of the stent over the balloon, placement of a sheath over the stent on the balloon, heating and preferably pressurization of the balloon to cause it to expand around the stent within the sheath, and cooling while preferably maintaining pressure to cause the balloon to adhere to the stent and to set the shape of the expanded balloon. Retainers may be placed at the distal and/or proximal ends of the stent during the encapsulation process, or the balloon material may expand to form retainers. The balloon defines at least three folded wings for symmetrical expansion of the stent, and one or more connected or non-connected stents may be encapsulated depending upon the area to be treated.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Michael D Bonneau